Summary
A blanket ban is to be imposed on serving military personnel selling their stories to the press.
The move to make an interim ban permanent was confirmed by Defence Secretary Des Browne as he told MPs at Westminster he accepted in full the recommendations of two reports into the events surrounding the capture of 15 Plymouth-based sailors and marines by Iranian forces in March.See the full content of this document
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Ban On Military Selling Stories
The inquiry by former BBC director of news Tony Hall into the controversial decisions allowing some of the HMS Cornwall boarding party taken hostage to sell their stories resulting in a major outcry, found there was a "collective failure of judgement or an abstention of ...
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